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Wouldn't mind seeing some changes, definitely think Nugent and Duffy should in from the start and Oisin O'Neill should see far more game time. Grugan, Murnin, Forker etc played most of the league and have plenty of miles in the legs. Would definitely start Rian though as he didn't play much in the league and could do with more football.

Exactly.

Not taking them lightly but you'd rest near half your team including some of your main players? Interesting..

No, you are starting your subs, not as much of a change as you might think.

There is a great deal of shite on discussed on this matter. Some guy was on the radio there, likely a politician, saying that "Sky had been better as most people have Satellite TV", which is completely untrue, while in reality far more people have broadband. He then said that it should be on RTÉ and advertisers would bid for slots, but RTÉ hasn't much money to give to the GAA and there are people who are not paying their TV licence ranting about games not being on TV.
There is a loss of visibility to the GAA in not having this game on TV, and that too has its price, but there has to accurate discussion of the situation, not fantasy. For one thing, RTÉ is supposed to serve everyone and this aim might not be compatible with having 20 hours of GAA each weekend. Virgin Media does nothing, which it would if advertisers really were interested.

This group might end up like last year where it came down to last 5 minutes of the last games. Say that Galway beat Derry, then Derry beat Armagh, but Armagh squeeze past Galway.

He can hold his own that boy.

Sean Cavanagh    Looking to get himself noticed again.

No one is saying that the likes of a streaming service is not a revenue builder, before streaming we still had reasons to generate money, but some matches like Saturday night with everything on the line for Cork at home against the reigning champions needs viewed free

Is Gaago owned by RTE or the GAA?

Yeah but when you have rights etc involved then the games are scheduled way in advance. Did you know 2 months ago that this match was going to have riding on it what was riding on it?

On a weekend with 2 football finals, the obvious thing was for RTÉ to cover one hurling game on the Saturday and decide closer to the date which one they would cover.

Armagh had 2 previous marks but didn't take them.

Or to be pedantic, they took them and hit the ball backwards.

Manager of Wicklow going around punditing.....
Chairman of Offaly going around punditing......

And among the best pundits they are.

Clearly the Croatian song was by far the best one there, as was reflected by the public vote. However, the juries decided otherwise, so really it's all about pushing an agenda. Just a confirmation of what was probably always the case. Or certainly recently. Can't be letting the public actually decide!

Juries are supposed to be less biased on non song related issues. Public votes are as much based on geography as anything else. However, Moldova giving Ukraine 12 suggests that juries have their issues too.

Very surprised at Wicklow. Though Oisin would have had them chomping at the bit for this. Maybe just a bad day at the office.

Oisin didn't sound impressed on the Saturday Game last night.

Israel considered the most hated country in Eurovision... yet ended up with one of the highest volume of public votes.

Your daily reminder that social media is not an accurate reflection of reality. 

How did they manipulate the public vote, by hook and by crook I assume.

People who wanted to support Israel made an effort and used their phone.

Israel considered the most hated country in Eurovision... yet ended up with one of the highest volume of public votes.

Your daily reminder that social media is not an accurate reflection of reality. 

Because you can vote for Israel, you cannot vote against Israel.

If counties are checking out for the Tailteann, it's not a good omen for the competition's future.

Wicklow seem to have stepped out, given the score Fermanagh got.
I expect the teams relegated and promoted,Fermanagh, Kildare, Down and Westmeath will fancy their chances.

What's the point kicking a ball in with maybe 2/3 Armagh men against 6 odd Donegal men

No point in "peppering" a ball in, at best you get half of these, but the other team comes up the field for the other half.

However, there is some role for a correctly placed ball when the time is right. The likes of Murnin has good ball winning ability if he gets the right ball in.

Ireland just on,sure in fairness she put on a decent show, it's a long way from Johnny Logan, Linda Martin and the excellent Rock n Roll kids but sure fair play to her I suppose.

The only magic Paul Harrington does is on a guitar and I have no idea about his sex life.

Armagh/Donegal play next Sunday in the Ladies Ulster final, would it have been that hard to agree a financial arrangement with the Ladies to get a few quid from tomorrows gate and have a double header?

That would be too much like common sense for the GAA to do.

Armagh ladies played i think Cavan last year before the Derry game

That was a semi-final last year. I suppose these fixtures are not planned on the basis of certain teams being involved. In the Ladies, Armagh v Donegal is the expected final, but in the men it was less certain who would be there. With the same team involved in woman and men, a combination makes sense, but not so much if different teams were involved.
Which was a semi-final.